THE owner of a caravan caused a commotion by parking it in front of Spelthorne Borough Council’s headquarters in protest at being turfed off every plot of land he called home.

Aaron, as he is known, had been living in the caravan alongside Chertsey Road and Littleton Lane, Shepperton, for months until moving to Sheep Walk, on March 2, where he said he had the landowner’s permission and work lined up.

However, following the council’s latest efforts to move him on, and not wanting to cause the landowner any difficulty, he decided to move again, to the authority’s very doorstep.

Aaron parked outside the council offices on March 3, saying: “The council moved me from my last place saying I didn’t have permission. Well I am here to get that permission.

“I just want a place to live but the council told me that I had to move off and as I didn’t want to cause the landowner any problems so I moved off. The council just wants me to move but I am staying here because every time I go to court the judge just tells me to find a supportive landowner.

“But they are very few and far between, and when I did find one the council threw me off.” Aaron currently calls thome he Knowle Green flowerbed next to the Mayor’s and council leader’s car parking spaces.

He has even set up some of his signature dummies outside the caravan, which he joked were part of his plot to take over the world with a mannequin army, rather than a political statement.

He said: “They told me there is only a department to tell me where I couldn’t go. There is no department to tell me where I can go. I have been in the borough for ages.

“I don’t just want to be on the side of the road. The residents don’t want me on the side of the road, and the council don’t want me on the side of the road.

“Getting moved was the final straw. It’s just that after finally finding somewhere to live, the council came along and said no. I’m not allowed to be anywhere.

“This area is my life. I’ve got three young children in the area. I should be around them.

“People say it is a lifestyle choice, but between living in here and living in a cardboard box what sort of choice is that?

A spokesman for Spelthorne Borough Council said it would ask him to leave and would appy for a court order if necessary. He said: “The council’s position is that this is an inappropriate place to site a caravan.

“People who choose to live in a caravan do not have rights to pitch it wherever they choose.

“There has been no indication that the gentleman is homeless or is seeking accommodation from the council. He lives in a caravan out of choice.”